Cell Break

The tube went in and

The blood came out

Looking for all the world

Like a California Cab,

Jammy and rich and

Delighted to be uncorked,

Free flowing at last past

The dam of vessel that

Had held it in for however

Long it had been making

The round of arteries and

Veins, toe to brain and

Back again and so clearly

Willing to be out of that

Bound I was relieved

When the lady moved

The bloody vials out of

Sight lest the inmates

Left behind take heart

From their fellows’ escape

And seek to fling wide

Their prison doors in a

Cellular break, emptying

The jail as the jailer deflates.

6/11/2025